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How to Transfer MiniDV Tapes to Computer without Firewire

How to Transfer MiniDV Tapes to Computer without Firewire Back in the day, MiniDV was a superior camcorder format. It offered you 500 lines of horizontal resolution. Before MiniDV, SVHS and Hi8 had the highest resolution - 400 lines. VHS and Video8 could manage only 240 lines. MiniDV could send video to a computer without quality loss through a Firewire connection. Your computer must have a Firewire port. Only certain computers like Macs came with Firewire ports. It's not easy to set up a Firewire connection on a computer, especially a laptop computer. Many users have complained about the difficulty of getting Firewire to work on a modern computer. On a modern desktop computer, you may need to install a Firewire 1394 legacy driver to make Firewire work. If you don't want to go through all this hassle, get a USB capture device. These devices are affordable and do a good job of transferring video tapes to digital. All you have to do is connect your camcorder AV out ports to the USB capture device's AV in ports. Once that is done, you can plug in the device to a spare USB port on your computer. Next, you would need a video capture software program to recognize the capture device. The software program is usually included with the purchase of the USB video capture device. After the software detects the device, play the tape on the camcorder You should see a preview on the software's video screen. When you stop recording the captured video will be stored as a file, usually in the MP4 format. You can then edit the file with a video editor and even burn it to DVD. Transferring video through a USB video capture device is not the best way to digitize a miniDV tape. There will be some quality loss. However, it's a much easier process if you're a beginner. For higher quality video you're advised to connect your camcorder to the S-Video port of the capture device instead of the composite video ports. These are the steps you need to follow to transfer MiniDV tapes to a computer without Firewire. Check your video capture device manual for detailed instructions on how to transfer MiniDV tapes to a computer without Firewire.